Etymology

Paraguay

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Today it means: A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción. Full definition →

Spanish Paraguay ← gn-cls Paraguaĭ
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The story

  1. gn-cls · derived fromParaguaĭ“Paraguay River”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromParaguay
  3. English todayParaguay

Borrowed from Spanish Paraguay, from Classical Guarani Paraguaĭ (“Paraguay River”), from paraguâ (“feather crown”) + ĭ (“river”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.